Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Iraq Hog?

These are two photos of the Arkansas Razorback logo painted on the top of an aircraft hanger in Tallil, Iraq, which is located 310 kilometers (192.62 miles, according to our calculations) southeast of Baghdad. The 111th Medevac Squadron is based there, and one of its members sent a series of shots to the site Hogville. There are questions regarding the authenticity of the images, but we will let you be the judge. All the images are posted on this lengthy link.

There is zero percent chance that is real. The military would never, ever allow it, probably for very valid security reasons (the image of a pig could be taken as unnecessary incitement to Muslims, off the top of my head), and that's way too precise for a hand paint job even if it did. Where do you get a very large, professional graphics job like that done on a hangar in the middle of a desert war zone?